"blink first" meaning in All languages combined

See blink first on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: blinks first [present, singular, third-person], blinking first [participle, present], blinked first [participle, past], blinked first [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} blink first (third-person singular simple present blinks first, present participle blinking first, simple past and past participle blinked first)

Inflected forms

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